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Man pleas no contest to child porn possession charges

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Joseph Barton-Mete plead no contest to one charge of possession of matter depicting a minor engaged in sexual conduct on Tuesday.

Officers seized computers from the man’s home in 2015. They were sent to the FBI to be analyzed and Barton-Mete was arrested in 2016.

He is being held on $20,000 bail and will be sentenced June 28.

RELATED: Joseph Barton-Mete arrested on possession of child porn charges

 

 

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